On February 20, I'm hoping to go to my first swim meet......ever! :eek: I swam on the team when I was younger, but I never competed. I'm incredibly nervous already and I have no idea what to expect because I have never been to a meet before. I swam with my friend who is a coach, and I have what seems like a lot of work to do on my strokes. How realistic is it that I be ready by February? Obviously I won't be at the top of the field, but I'm hoping to at least not make a fool out of myself. But what I really want to know is what to expect. How do I train, and how do I taper? When do I start tapering? Do I even need to taper? Any good pre-meet workout ideas? Any thing that anyone can suggest would be helpful!!! Thanx a bunch!!
~Kyra
Just divide all your times by 0.9144 (1 yard = .9144 meter).
So say you have a 1:20 100 yard free. For your seed time use 80/.9144 = 87.5 = 1:27.5
There are time converters around, including one on swiminfo.com, but for SCY to SCM you can use the straight conversion since the number of turns is the same.
Don't sweat the seed times. Just a ballpark is fine. You just want to make sure you are in a heat with swimmers of similar speed.
Just divide all your times by 0.9144 (1 yard = .9144 meter).
So say you have a 1:20 100 yard free. For your seed time use 80/.9144 = 87.5 = 1:27.5
There are time converters around, including one on swiminfo.com, but for SCY to SCM you can use the straight conversion since the number of turns is the same.
Don't sweat the seed times. Just a ballpark is fine. You just want to make sure you are in a heat with swimmers of similar speed.
